Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1974

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	333
2	Jason	295
3	David	210
4	Christopher	193
5	Robert	180
6	John	170
7	Brian	164
8	James	144
9	Joseph	133
10	Daniel	108
10	Matthew	108
12	Scott	105
13	William	104
14	Kevin	103
15	Eric	96
16	Steven	93
17	Richard	88
18	Mark	83
19	Thomas	78
20	Jeffrey	76
21	Stephen	72
22	Timothy	71
23	Paul	65
24	Peter	62
25	Anthony	55

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Keith	54
27	Andrew	52
27	Sean	52
29	Joshua	49
30	Gregory	43
31	Jonathan	42
31	Raymond	42
33	Adam	39
33	Ryan	39
35	Jeremy	38
36	Patrick	37
36	Shawn	37
38	Charles	36
38	Kenneth	36
38	Todd	36
41	Dennis	35
41	Justin	35
43	Ronald	34
44	Edward	32
45	Aaron	31
45	Jamie	31
47	Donald	29
48	Derek	25
48	Marc	25
50	Craig	24
50	George	24
52	Frank	23
52	Jesse	23
54	Gary	22
55	Wayne	21
56	Kyle	20
56	Nathan	20
58	Benjamin	19
58	Russell	19
60	Antonio	18
60	Chad	18
62	Erik	17
63	Alan	16
63	Louis	16
65	Bryan	15
65	Shane	15
67	Albert	14
67	Douglas	14
67	Seth	14
70	Brandon	13
70	Nicholas	13
70	Randy	13
73	Allen	12
73	Carl	12
73	Carlos	12
73	Christian	12
73	Jacob	12
73	Roger	12
73	Vincent	12
80	Alexander	11
80	Neil	11
80	Philip	11
83	Brett	10
83	Dana	10
83	Joel	10
83	Manuel	10
83	Samuel	10
83	Victor	10
89	Arthur	9
89	Brendan	9
89	Glenn	9
89	Jay	9
89	Lawrence	9
89	Troy	9
95	Andre	8
95	Danny	8
95	Francis	8
95	Greg	8
95	Ian	8
95	Jon	8
95	Ralph	8
95	Walter	8